Greenland | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
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The World Bank
Origin
Greenland
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63
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Greenland | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
80.70334657 1960
81.91436601 1961
83.0137279 1962
84.34620561 1963
85.94113482 1964
87.61261261 1965
87.52014409 1966
85.61379623 1967
83.59930616 1968
81.67067806 1969
79.80753937 1970
77.41487144 1971
74.22382136 1972
70.60868942 1973
66.68170774 1974
62.39694553 1975
57.72976163 1976
53.35859235 1977
49.67402601 1978
46.49753649 1979
43.49011588 1980
40.59997712 1981
38.11882566 1982
36.1843533 1983
34.90967056 1984
34.24822565 1985
34.08949011 1986
34.37145509 1987
34.976856 1988
35.76109964 1989
36.70944322 1990
37.68332989 1991
38.53685282 1992
39.34810677 1993
40.12244683 1994
40.52978387 1995
40.54438618 1996
40.47280577 1997
40.30905889 1998
40.01680275 1999
39.49032933 2000
38.78589604 2001
38.03103209 2002
37.26847712 2003
36.50527812 2004
35.63833817 2005
34.68358262 2006
33.78320426 2007
33.01345994 2008
32.4066139 2009
31.79656966 2010
31.15531714 2011
30.62531017 2012
30.2180142 2013
29.91132759 2014
29.6479138 2015
29.41250125 2016
29.28824105 2017
29.34039601 2018
29.56953977 2019
29.81275304 2020
29.98910317 2021
30.17514297 2022
Greenland | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Greenland
Records
63
Source